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McBride, Dyan L.; Zollman, Dean; Rebello, N. Sanjay – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
In prior research, the classification of concepts into three types--descriptive, hypothetical and theoretical--has allowed for the association of students' use of different concept types with their level of understanding. Previous studies have also examined the ways in which students link concepts to determine whether students have a meaningful…
Descriptors: Physics, Prior Learning, Science Education, Classification
Irving, Paul W.; Sayre, Eleanor C. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
As part of a longitudinal study into identity development in upper-level physics students, we used a phenomenographic research method to examine students' perceptions of what it means to be a physicist. Analysis revealed six different categories of perception of what it means to be a physicist. We found the following themes: research and its…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Physics, Scientists
Irving, Paul W.; Sayre, Eleanor C. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
We use the theory of communities of practice and the concept of accountable disciplinary knowledge to describe how a learning community develops in the context of an upper-division physics laboratory course. The change in accountable disciplinary knowledge motivates students' enculturation into a community of practice. The enculturation process is…
Descriptors: Physics, Laboratory Experiments, Communities of Practice, Time Factors (Learning)
Hrepic, Zdeslav; Zollman, Dean A.; Rebello, N. Sanjay – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
We investigated introductory physics students' mental models of sound propagation. We used a phenomenographic method to analyze the data in the study. In addition to the scientifically accepted Wave model, students used the "Entity" model to describe the propagation of sound. In this latter model sound is a self-standing entity,…
Descriptors: Physics, Introductory Courses, Acoustics, Models